The swirling effect is meant to gently integrate the building into the surrounding meadow while creating a structure that complements — but never competes for attention with — Gehry’s adjoining signature handiwork. - The New York Times
Utah parents have filed hundreds of requests to remove specific titles from K-12 libraries since a new law took effect in May banning “pornographic or indecent” books in schools. - Salt Lake Tribune
Spotify reported 456 million monthly active users, up 20% from a year earlier and above the company’s guidance. Paying subscribers, Spotify’s most lucrative type of customer, climbed 13% to 195 million, also exceeding the company’s expectations. Spotify shares fell nearly 6% aftermarket. - The Wall Street Journal
"Viengsay Valdés ... has the task of renewing the ballet's reputation when Cuba finds itself in a deep economic crisis. It will not only be the country's famously enthusiastic audience she faces in this role, but power cuts, food shortages, collapsing theatres and Cuba's youth fleeing the island." - The Guardian
"It’s not like I didn’t attempt; I couldn’t finish a thought. I would begin something and then stop halfway because I’d think it was meaningless. Gradually, I started to enjoy the process and started to work on these half-baked ideas until I finished baking them." - San Francisco Classical Voice
Or, to be more precise, it's very good at guessing what will interest you: "the most powerful tool TikTok has to grab users and keep them hooked is the company's feted 'For You Page', the FYP, and the algorithm that populates it." - The Guardian
Likability has always been important in talk-show hosts, but balanced by other virtues like creativity, funniness, political or even journalistic insight, the ability to connect emotionally. - The New York Times
"We all were very destroyed because at a certain point we thought no one needs us anymore. Their life goes on. The concert halls are closed. The theaters are closed. Some people are making their jobs, but we are sitting at home." - AP
The presentation demonstrated a greater use of theatrical lighting, improved amplified sound, and video technology in what had been a temple to un-enhanced instruments. David Geffen Hall is embracing these technologies, given its ambition to broaden its repertoire and appeal. - Architectural Record
"For much of its running time, Camp Siegfried resembles a romantic drama, a coming-of-age story. That's a queasy proposition, considering the play's setting. In this boy-meets-girl, the girl lives on Hitler Street." - The New York Times
While some union members described cold and awkward interactions with management, others had more positive anecdotes in which middle managers were excited at their colleagues’ return. - Hyperallergic
"Anna Pasternak claimed seven chapters in Lara Prescott's (novel), The Secrets We Kept, copied elements from her own book Lara, a 2016 biography of her great uncle's lover Olga Ivinskaya," the inspiration for Lara in Doctor Zhivago. (Anna Pasternak did not read Prescott's book before bringing the suit.) - The Guardian
Enheduanna, the daughter of King Sargon, founder of the Akkadian Empire, played perhaps the leading role in consolidating the religion of conquered Sumer with that of Akkad; her surviving work includes 42 hymns to the goddess Ishtar/Inanna and three freestanding poems. - BBC
"The newly combined media company said that costs associated with cutting content" — such as the Batgirl film whose release was canceled entirely — "could reach $2.5 billion, making up a significant part of the total $3.2 billion to $4.3 billion in charges related to its financial restructuring." - Reuters
"In one Lebanese mansion an anonymous painting — pierced by shards of glass from a blown-out window and impaled by wood from the window frame — gained something extraordinary. It is now recognized by experts as a long-lost painting of Hercules and Omphale by Artemisia Gentileschi." - The New York Times
